The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 65

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The Chaebol’s Daughter Debuted

Episode 65

Hmm, she certainly stayed true to the basics without excessive greed during the audition.

With song selection and dance that fully brought out I Meet You’s cheerful atmosphere, they instantly captivated the judges’ hearts.

When lovely personalities met good skills, the judges passed them in a warm atmosphere.

Actually, setting skills aside, there was no denying that the judges were swept away by the members’ personalities and atmosphere that were just too lovable.

Everyone was laughing and having fun, but there were hardly any comments about actual skills in the judges’ evaluations.

‘So that’s why they went with such a forced concept.’

From the producer’s perspective, they might have thought they needed to create a skilled image somehow for their artists to survive among such formidable competitors.

After I Meet You’s turn ended, several more trainee teams passed by.

And then Romance Story appeared.

Unlike I Meet You, who were noisy whenever caught on camera, this team was repeating practice with serious faces.

[Waiting Area Full of Tension]

The camera that had been filming them with shaky subtitles soon approached one member.

A member practicing choreography using the glass wall in the corridor as a mirror.

Even though I’d seen her face quite often, I didn’t know her name since we hadn’t properly introduced ourselves yet.

“Oh, that’s Na-ri unnie. Ju Na-ri, she’s probably the best dancer on that team, right?”

Min Ha-young said with great delight. Hmm, as expected, Ha-young had already finished introductions.

So her name is Ju Na-ri.

-You’re practicing hard.

She had been checking her dance with a serious face, but startled at the cameraman’s words and belatedly raised the corners of her mouth as if flustered.

-Oh, yes…

It seemed she hadn’t expected the camera to come to her.

-I have to work hard. I want to do well and pass.

Ju Na-ri spoke as if making a promise to herself, then smiled bitterly and said.

-For me, no, for us, this is our last chance to challenge as a team.

-What do you mean by last chance to challenge as a team?

-Our company’s situation is… Oh, saying things like this might make it seem like I’m trying to look pitiful. Haha…

Ju Na-ri said that and quickly glossed over her words, but even that was enough to roughly understand their situation.

They belonged to a small company and their costume quality wasn’t very good during the first competition either.

They probably heard that if they couldn’t achieve meaningful results, not necessarily winning but at least something significant, their debut would be out of reach.

If you don’t do well this time you can’t debut, if this album doesn’t perform well you can’t have a next comeback – these are words that artists from companies without hit acts hear often.

‘If they’re going to say things like that, they should at least provide good support during competitions.’

The company I used to belong to was the same, but there are really many companies everywhere that just freeload.

-Anyway, we’re thinking that if not Start Plan, it’s really the end for us…

-Next team, please come in!

-…so we’re going to try our best. We’ll do well and come back with smiles!

Ju Na-ri showed her clenched fists to the camera and headed to the audition hall.

The looks exchanged between the members were quite determined.

“This reminds me of the old days somehow.”

Han Da-min muttered while watching Romance Story’s audition.

“We used to be like that too whenever we went on stage. Thinking we absolutely had to do well.”

“Ah…”

“Rather, we put too much pressure on ourselves thinking we had to do well, so when we monitored ourselves, all our expressions were stiff and we got scolded a lot.”

“Unnie got scolded too? I thought unnie was good at everything so you would have been perfect from the beginning.”

When Min Ha-young whispered her question, Han Da-min grinned and shook her head.

“I got scolded right up until just before disbandment.”

Though right before disbandment, her expression was bad for other reasons.

Han Da-min muttered quietly and fixed her gaze on the screen.

Though she had brought up the topic, it didn’t seem like something she wanted to continue at length.

Meanwhile, Romance Story’s audition had already ended.

-This group’s biggest strength is their group dance. Everyone moves like one person, with every angle matching perfectly – it was so good it felt satisfying to watch. You prepared hard.

-Romance Story dances well and sings well, which is really good, but just one thing – your expressions are slightly disappointing. Group dance is important, but you’re idols after all, haha. I hope we can see a more perfect performance with more expression practice for the next competition.

-Next, competition… Huk, thank you!

Romance Story, who belatedly realized the judges’ words meant they passed, bowed tearfully.

Complete with heartwarming BGM.

Though it was just an audition, this short segment clearly established Romance Story’s image as hardworking idols from a small company.

‘The editing is really amazing indeed.’

Comedy idols I Meet You, diligent idols Romance Story.

I guess if you handle about five survival programs on music channels, you can establish team images in an instant.

I wonder how U&Da and May Rookie will appear.

At that moment, the subtitle [Meanwhile at Second Audition Hall] appeared and the screen switched.

And what appeared on screen was.

-Hello. I’m participant number 3, Min Ha-young.

“Aaah!”

Min Ha-young quickly covered her face with a cushion.

Min Ha-young, looking very nervous, was standing facing the judges while anxiously moving her gaze around.

“Oh my, who is that! It’s our team’s Ha-young!”

“Ha-young really has experience, so she photographs well on screen!”

“Uh, unnie! Stop it! Aaah! Ah!”

“Ah, ow! I said it hurts!”

Min Ha-young started pushing me around wildly.

I didn’t say a word, so why!

She was so embarrassed her face turned bright red and she was taking it out on me for no reason.

But…

-Huh? I feel like I’ve seen you somewhere? You look familiar?

-I appeared on Love Me… Idol!

-Oh my, you must be really nervous? Your voice is only loud at the beginning and end. Haha!

-Ah…

Looking at it, she had reason to be embarrassed.

Even on screen, she was shrinking back hesitantly with a face as red as it was now.

-Love Me Idol? Ah, now that you mention it, I remember.

-Oh, that’s right! She’s from a competition program background!

Judge Ji-hoon said heartily while flipping through the documents.

However, even with the judges’ words, Min Ha-young’s expression wasn’t very bright.

[Somehow the participant’s expression doesn’t look bright…]

Oh, the subtitle just appeared.

Ding-

With a brief sound effect, Min Ha-young’s uncomfortable-looking face was shown in close-up.

“Ahhhhh!!!”

“Ow….”

Min Ha-young’s hands pushing me became more forceful.

This girl.

How can someone who wants to do broadcast activities be embarrassed about appearing on TV? Really.

I chuckled and picked up a cushion that had fallen to the floor, handing it to Min Ha-young.

Better to squeeze this instead of me.

Then I focused on the screen again.

The screen had already switched.

Like Romance Story, Min Ha-young was shown practicing choreography using the glass wall as a mirror.

Min Ha-young’s voice was laid over it like narration.

-It ended so badly….

“Kyaah! Huuk!”

Min Ha-young finally hid behind the cushion. I couldn’t hold back and burst into laughter.

“What’s wrong, Ha-young? They’re giving your story special treatment.”

“Ryu Ji-ye is really mean.”

Min Ha-young grumbled cutely, then peeked her face out from between the cushions and focused on the broadcast again.

-Honestly, I was really worried. Would people accept me again?

The screen switched to show countless hate comment screenshots from Min Ha-young’s videos plastered all over.

“….”

My laughter completely disappeared.

The level of cursing….

Even though they must have filtered it somewhat for broadcast, it was still that severe.

I recalled Min Ha-young’s forced and desperate appearance from the early competition.

-It was scary, but I still couldn’t give up. Because it’s my dream.

The screen showed Min Ha-young practicing again.

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